LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Books for the Young
Two selections of stories for the young which have recently been published contain accounts of the exploits of the great Cromer coxswain, Henry Blogg.
All in the Day's Work (Hamish Hamil- ton 6/6) opens with an extract...
Category: Articles
(Right} Is Taken on a Tour of Inspection of Rotary Service By (I) Cdr Bruce Cairns Chief of Operations Rnli and (R) Captain Peter White
(right} is taken on a tour of inspection of Rotary Service by (I.) Cdr Bruce Cairns, chief of operations RNLI, and (r.) Captain Peter White,. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fit and Strong
One need only look at the cork-clad oarsmen of over 100 years ago or the 'lady launchers'of the 1950s to see just how much has changed over the decades in saving lives at sea. Today's crews and lifeguards have previously undreamt...
Category: Articles
Travelscope
U tv Lifeboats Ocean Cruise Collection Every booking Welcome on board... the MV Van Gogh benefits the RNLI Cruising directly from the UK - No flying Award-winning tour operator Travelscope is simply the name to trust for unbeatable Ocean...
Category: Advertisement
Pottering for Cash
Pottering for cash The Potteries Marathon, the second largest marathon in Great Britain, is attended by entrants from all over the British Isles and abroad. Mr Adrian Lucyk, a regular runner dedicated his run on 1 June 1996 to the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
No. L26
At 5.15 A.M.
on the 16th July a message was re- ceived from the Coastguard stating that a steamer was ashore at Beachy Head. A moderate S.W. gale was blowing at the time, with a very heavy sea, and without delay the motor...
The Thames Coastguard Rescue Headquarters at Walton-On-Naze Essex Late Last Year Staged a Special Air and Sea Exercise Off Clacton Pier for Visiting Officials Visible I
The Thames Coastguard rescue headquarters at Walton-on-Naze, Essex, late last year staged a special air and sea exercise off Clacton pier for visiting officials. Visible in the picture are the Coastguard helicopter, the Harwich life-boat,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
For Cruise
Mr. John Taylor, aged 16, of Cullercoats, North Shields, whose father, Mr. R. J. Taylor, is a leading member of the Cullercoats ILB and was an officer for 12 years in the conventional life-boat previously stationed there, has been accepted...
Category: Articles
Race to the pole
Race to the Pole
by James Cracknell
and Ben Fogle
Review by Charlie Cash
After conquering the perils of the Atlantic Ocean in an open boat, most people would wallow in the...
Category: Articles
Caprice
Lee shore FOLLOWING A MESSAGE from HM Coastguard to the honorary secretary of Lowestoft lifeboat station at 1853 on Sunday, July 18, that a longshore boat was flying a distress signal close to a lee shore between Covehithe and Benacre Ness,...